Motorway avoidance

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popularh14
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Motorway avoidance

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Is it just me or do other folk look on motorway riding as a bit masochistic?

I just did St Davids (the welsh one not the scottish one) to St Albans via Fishguard, Cardigan, Llandovery, Merthyr Tydfil, Cardiff, Chepstow, Gloucester, Oxford & it was great. Admittedly I was under no time pressure and could stop and gaze at scenery ad infinitum. Main problem was the bloody potholes, don't get me started........ :evil:
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lloydie
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Hate motorways with a passion ,mainly because no one has been trained on how to use them .
Give me the longer twisty route anytime .
StuartWags
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I picked up a storm from manchester a couple of months ago. It was wet and cold.

When i got there i found the bike was equipped with RaceTecs ..... that sat nav the proceeded to send me down the A628 Manchester to Sheffield

Would have been a dream in the dry but i was longing for a motorway that day
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AMCQ46
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i worked a route from SW Scotland down to south of Birmingham avoiding all motorways.......... some great places to see up on the moors, and I made it link lots of good motor biking roads... but it has so many little towns and villages that it too about 7hrs.

but in general [on the bike] I only use m-way when it makes sense to avoid huge built up areas like the Manchester / Liverpool segment when going north
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lumpyv
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Re: Motorway avoidance

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I don't mind 5 or 10 miles but any more , no thanks .

no motorways at all in this county . any one know of any others ? none in Norfolk either I believe
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sirch345
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lumpyv wrote:I don't mind 5 or 10 miles but any more , no thanks .

no motorways at all in this county . any one know of any others ? none in Norfolk either I believe
We haven't got any motorways in Cornwall either, although plenty refer to the dual carriageway as the motorway :lol:

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